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L. P. DISS.

PACKING CASE FOR CARTRIDGES.

Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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PACKING CASE FOR CARTRIDGES.

No. 356,276. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

.WITJV'ESSES Attorneys,

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LOUIS I. DISS, OF ILION, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO E. REMINGTON & SONS,

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PACKING-CASE FOR CARTRIDGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,276, dated January 18, 1887. A pplicaiion filed July .1, IBFG. Serial No. 30*,819. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

. Be it known that I, LOUIS P. DISS, of ]lion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-PackingCases for Cartridges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cases for carrying cartridges and charging magazines; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction,as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 is aside elevation, Fig. 2 a top plan view, and Fig. 3 a bottom plan view, of acase made on my plan. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same, slightly modified in form. Fig. 5 shows the manner of using the same in connection with a magazine-gun, the latter being shown in section.

The object of my invention is to produce a casein which cartridges can be packed and carried securely, and from which they can be readily transferred ina mass to the magazine of a gun of that class which has its magazine underneath the receiver, and from which the cartridges are fed sidewise up through an opening in the receiver.

To construct a packing-case on my plan I cut from thin sheet metal, past eboard, or other suitable material a blank of such a form that when properly bent or folded it will form a case or box, such as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, these blanks being cut out in the general form or manner described and shown in my Patent No. 304,712, and varying therefrom only in minor details, which will be readily understood by persons skilled in the art after seeing a description of my improved case. The blank has a slot, J, cut or punched in it proper form to make the case J this slot J will form an opening extending from near its'lower edge up one side, asshown in Fig. 1, and nearly across the top, as shown in Fig 2, there being left an unbroken strip, J", along the side below the slot or opening J", for the purpose of strengthening and supporting the side wall, and keeping it and the edges along the slot in position and preventing them from being bent out of shape; and as these cases are designed to be made of the lightest material that will answer, this I consider an important feature.

' he shape of the case which I prefer is that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, it being of a width corresponding with that of the cartridges to be used, (and which varies with different guns,) and of such a length as to permit the cartridges to be placed therein, resting one upon another, with their flanges overlapping, asshown in Fig. 1, and which, asiswell known, is the position they must occupy in the magazine in order to be fed into the gun properly.

walls stand very nearly at a right angle to each other the front wall is more inclined, thus making the case gradually decrease in length from front to rear, from the top downward, when measured on a line parallel with the top wall, the front wall also being much shorter from top to bottom than the rear wall, as shown clearly in Fig.1, thus adapting it to receive and hold the taper cartridges compactly. If, however, the cartridges be more or less tapering than those shown, then of course the case will be modified to correspond, the general construction, however, being the same.

At the lower end of the front wall I form an inwardly-inclined lip, of, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, which serves two purposes, viz: first, it forms a rigid bearing for the heavier end of the cartridges, the bullet of thelower cartridge resting directly on it; and, second, and more important still, it actsas a retainer for the front end of the cartridges when they are forced out of the case into the magazine below, thereby causing the heads of the cartridges to pass from the case down into the magazine first,whereby they are caused to retain their proper relative positions, with the flange of the upper one in advance of the one next below, as shown in Fig. 5, and to occupy that position in the magazine without failure when thus transferred from the case J. y

In order to retain the cartridges in the case when being transported, another lip, 13, is secured to one side of the case, near its rear end, of such a length that it can be bent over the cartridge next to it, as shown in Fig. 3. Either or both of lhesclips tanda may be formedintegral with the walls of the case by leaving suitable project-ions on the edge of the blank when it is out out; or they may be made separately and then be soldered or otherwise se- -It will be seen that while the top and rear' cured to the case, as may be found most convenient in manufacture.

Fig. 4 represents a modification of the case, inwhich the front and rear walls are made al'e-l with each other and of uniformlcngth; at the case is shorter from front to rear than the cartridges, so that they must occupy a diagonal position therein, their front ends being supported by or resting on or against the front; wall, as shown in Fig. 4, this front wall thus serving to support and retain the front ends of the cartridges in essentially the same md'nner as does the lip a in Fig. 1. In this case the cartridges will lie parallel with each other, their front ends resting against the froutwall and their heads at one edge resting against the rear wall, as shown, the shortness of the case preventing them from assuming any other position therein. In this case, also, the angle of the top wall in.relation to the rear wall is made a little more acute, as shown, in order to be sure that the flanges of the cartridges shall assume the required position one in advance of the other, the same as in the other case. It will at once be seen that the cartridges when forced from this case down into the magazine will havetheir front ends retained or held back by the front wall in essentially the same manner as by the lip a in the other case, and that they will thereby be compelled to enter the magazine in the same manner and assume the same relative position in the magazine as they would when forced from the case shown in Fig. 1. i

The manner of transferring the cartridges from thepacking-case to the magazine is clearly shown in Fig. 5. To do this it is only necessary to straighten out the lip t, insert the mouth of the case J in the receiver directly over the magazine, and by inserting the thumb in the slot J 2 force theentire mass of cartridges directly down into the magazine M below.

It will of course be understood thattheopening through the receiver will be of a size and shape to correspond with that of the cartridges, that the magazine will have'its mouth made of a corresponding form, and that the receiver will be provided with spring-lips to hold the cartridges in the magazine after they are thus transferred; but as these features relate to improvements in the gun for which a separate application was filed July 22, 1886, Serial N 0. 208,818, they need not be described herein.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. A packing-case for cartridges, consisting of the box J, having the slot J inits side and top walls, with the unbroken strip J along its edge below the slot, substantially as-shown and described.

2. A packing-case for cartridges, consisting of the open-mouthed box J, provided with the slot or opening J*, the fixed lip a at its front end, and the flexible lip t at or near its rear end, substantially as shown and described.

LOUIS P. PISS. 

